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16But unto the wicked God saith{H8804)}, What hast thou to do to declare{H8763)} my statutes, or that thou shouldest take{H8799)} my covenant in thy mouth?
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Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. …
Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, …
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: …
The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-23)God, by the psalmist, having instructed his people in the right way of worshipping him and keeping up their communion with him, here directs his speech to the wicked, to hypocrites, whether they were such as professed the Jewish or the Christian religion: hypocrisy is wickedness for which God will judge. Observe here, I. The charge drawn up against them. 1. They are charged with invading and usurp…
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